Ask HN: How do you prevent getting spammed?

3 pointskevindeasis4y ago7 comments

How do you guys clean and prevent getting spammed?

I find it annoying to find constantly clean, block, and report spam from my email and sms? Not really fan of the alternative of creating new email and switching sms as when I do that I still get spammed.

Filtering is kinda awful tbh, occasionally i would miss a message that is relatively important.

The worst part is they've programatically made it so that the senders phone number / email changes everyday

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slater4y ago

one option: only ever give out your e-mail address with a "+[domain or service you're signing up for]", ex. signing up for a HN account? kevin+hn@your-domain.com.

Then filter out any e-mails that don't have that +[whatever] in. No, not a panacea. But can cut down a bit on spam.

muzani4y ago

A fun side effect is you can see where the spammers get your email. Sometimes a company has a DB leak and the emails are all over the dark web.

kevindeasisOP4y ago

Thanks for that advice, yeah i should've done this sooner

prox4y ago

Could try Firefox Relay and keep your true mail shielded.

https://relay.firefox.com/

kevindeasisOP4y ago

oh nice this is pretty cool like the apple hide my email

jaredsohn4y ago

You may be able to install spam blocker apps for sms that filter on keywords. I do that for political stuff and it works pretty well.

kevindeasisOP4y ago

good to know ill try to look for some apps and see how it goes i used to have an android which was awesome at this, when i switched to ios not so much

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Ask HN: How do you prevent getting spammed?

3 pointskevindeasis4y ago7 comments

How do you guys clean and prevent getting spammed?

Filtering is kinda awful tbh, occasionally i would miss a message that is relatively important.

The worst part is they've programatically made it so that the senders phone number / email changes everyday

7 comments

slater4y ago

one option: only ever give out your e-mail address with a "+[domain or service you're signing up for]", ex. signing up for a HN account? kevin+hn@your-domain.com.

Then filter out any e-mails that don't have that +[whatever] in. No, not a panacea. But can cut down a bit on spam.

muzani4y ago

A fun side effect is you can see where the spammers get your email. Sometimes a company has a DB leak and the emails are all over the dark web.

kevindeasisOP4y ago

Thanks for that advice, yeah i should've done this sooner

prox4y ago

Could try Firefox Relay and keep your true mail shielded.

https://relay.firefox.com/

kevindeasisOP4y ago

oh nice this is pretty cool like the apple hide my email

jaredsohn4y ago

You may be able to install spam blocker apps for sms that filter on keywords. I do that for political stuff and it works pretty well.

kevindeasisOP4y ago

good to know ill try to look for some apps and see how it goes i used to have an android which was awesome at this, when i switched to ios not so much

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